Pappu, Sridhar
Summary: "The Year of the Pitcher is the story of the remarkable 1968 baseball season, which culminated in one of the greatest World Series contests ever, with the Detroit Tigers coming back from a 3-1 deficit to beat the Cardinals in Game Seven of the World Series. In 1968, two remarkable pitchers would dominate the game as well as the broadsheets. One was black, the other white. Bob Gibson, together...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.357 PAPSummary: "On June 12, 1970, Dock Ellis threw a no-hitter for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 136 years of baseball history, only 276 no-hitters have been recorded. Dock is the only pitcher to ever claim he accomplished his while high on LSD. During his 12 years in the major leagues, Dock lived the expression "Black is Beautiful!" He wore curlers on the field. He stepped out of his Cadillac wearing the widest...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC NOMoss, Marissa.
Summary: Traces the childhood dream of Japanese-American baseball pioneer Kenichi Zenimura of playing professionally and his family's struggles in a World War II internment camp where he introduces baseball to raise hope.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MOSMadden, Bill.
Summary: "Jackie Robinson heroically broke the color barrier in 1947. But how--and, in practice, when--did the integration of the sport actually occur? Bill Madden shows that baseball's famous "black experiment" did not truly succeed until the coming of age of Willie Mays and the emergence of some star players--Larry Doby, Hank Aaron, and Ernie Banks--in 1954. And as a relevant backdrop off the field,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Perseus Books Group 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.357 MADKahn, Roger.
Summary: "In Rickey & Robinson, legendary sportswriter Roger Kahn at last reveals the true, unsanitized account of the integration of baseball, a story that for decades has relied on inaccurate secondhand reports. This story contains exclusive reporting and personal reminiscences that no other writer can produce, including revelatory material he'd buried in his notebooks in the '40s and '50s, back when...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.357 KAHEpstein, Dan.
Summary: A pop-culture history of baseball in the 1970s discusses the advent of such practices as free agency, advocated drug use, and garish promotional events.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.357 EPSGregorich, Barbara.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt Brace & Co. 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.3576 GREGolenbock, Peter
Summary: "In Baseball Heaven, bestselling baseball author Peter Golenbock returns with the sequel to his highly praised Whispers of the Gods, bringing to life more baseball legends through timeless interviews"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2024
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Summary: "The lost memoir from baseball icon Lou Gehrig-a major historical discovery, published for the first time as a book, with "color commentary" from historian Alan Gaff. In 1927, the legendary Lou Gehrig sat down to write the remarkable story of his life andcareer. He was at his peak, fresh off a record-breaking season with the fabled '27 World Series champion Yankees. It was an era unlike any...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GEHRIG, LOU GEHBryant, Howard
Summary: In "The Last Hero", Bryant chronicles Aaron's childhood in segregated Alabama, his brief stardom in the Negro Leagues, his complicated relationship with celebrity, and his historic rivalry with Willie Mays--all culminating in the defining event of his life: his shattering of Babe Ruth's all-time home-run record. Bryant also examines Aaron's more complex second act: his quest to become an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2010
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B AARON BRYLamster, Mark
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.357 LAMFitts, Robert K.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Nebraska Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.357 FITWendel, Tim.
Summary: In a year shaped by national tragedy, baseball was shaped by amazing pitching--culminating in a victory by a Detroit Tigers team that faced off against Bob Gibson's St. Louis Cardinals, the 1967 World Series defending champions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.357 WENMurphy, Cait
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Books/Collins 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.357 MurKeegan, Tom
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Publisher / Publication Date: Triumph Books 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HARWELL, ERNIE KEEMcCarver, Tim.
Summary: Presents an account of the 1998 baseball season, and discusses the reasons why the author believes the year was the greatest in baseball history, with high standards being maintained, and records being set and broken by both individual players and teams.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Villard 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.357 MCCShapiro, Michael
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Publisher / Publication Date: Times Book 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.357 SHAWallace, Joseph E.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dorling Kindersley Pub. 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.357 WALMarshall, William
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Publisher / Publication Date: University Press of Kentucky 1999